Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
2009 Nomination Form
Click here to download the 2009 Vanderbilt Prize nomination form (Word document).
About the Prize
Women have made significant contributions to the science of medicine. At Vanderbilt, we believe that for society to benefit from biomedical research, we must engage women in basic and clinical investigation, nurture their careers, and attract the most capable individuals. We created the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science to honor and recognize a woman scientist of national reputation who has a stellar record of research accomplishments and is known for her mentorship of women in science. The Vanderbilt Prize also nurtures the career, research, and studies of a promising woman beginning her MD/PhD studies at Vanderbilt. The Vanderbilt Prize includes a cash award to the recipient and a funded scholarship named for that year's prize winner to support a woman MD/PhD student at Vanderbilt. The recipient gives a lecture at Vanderbilt and serves on the scholarship awardee's thesis committee.
Previous Winners
2008 Winner - Ann Graybiel, Ph.D.
Walter A Rosenblith Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Graybiel will give the Vanderbilt Prize Lecture on "Our Habitual Lives: How the Brain Makes and Breaks Habits" on October 30, 2008, at 4:00 p.m., in 208 Light Hall, as part of the Discovery Lecture Series.
2007 Winner - Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D.
Morris Herzstein Endowed Professor in Biology & Physiology, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
See a video of Dr. Blackburn's presentation on Telomeres and Telomerase in Health and Disease in the Discovery Lecture Series on January 10, 2008.
2006 Winner - Nancy Andreasen M.D., Ph.D.
Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at The University of Iowa
See a video of Dr. Andreasen's presentation on The Creative Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius in the Discovery Lecture Series on September 28, 2006.